Hey guys. This is my first thread. I hope I'm doing everything correct here. This is for T-mobile and I'm not sure if it works on any other carrier. As the title says I've found a way, looking at other forums, to figure out how to get unlimited tether as long as you have unlimited data. I Don't believe you have to have root either. I made a new apn matching the one t-mobile comes with except i changed the apn protocols to IPv4. Then saved it and made it my new default atleast for tethering. After that I installed foxfi. I already had the paid version so I just downloaded the key and the main app. I then turned on foxfi and it also opened up the default hotspot app. I believe the free version has data cap. Not sure about that. Anyways after using for several hours on games like clash of clans, watching videos on youtube, and downloading apps my hotspot data hasnt moved and still says legal tethering. I searched for tether already and didnt see anything in this section of forums. So with all that said I hope this helps someone.
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Hey guys. This is my first thread. I hope I'm doing everything correct here. This is for T-mobile and I'm not sure if it works on any other carrier. As the title says I've found a way, looking at other forums, to figure out how to get unlimited tether as long as you have unlimited data. I Don't believe you have to have root either. I made a new apn matching the one t-mobile comes with except i changed the apn protocols to IPv4. Then saved it and made it my new default atleast for tethering. After that I installed foxfi. I already had the paid version so I just downloaded the key and the main app. I then turned on foxfi and it also opened up the default hotspot app. I believe the free version has data cap. Not sure about that. Anyways after using for several hours on games like clash of clans, watching videos on youtube, and downloading apps my hotspot data hasnt moved and still says legal tethering. I searched for tether already and didnt see anything in this section of forums. So with all that said I hope this helps someone.
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Sorry bro, but once you reach 5gb, you done. This method doesn't work. As of now we have Xposed and thats it.
I'm not these issues
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Sorry bro, but once you reach 5gb, you done. This method doesn't work. As of now we have Xposed and thats it.
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Hey Tiger... I'm still using this method and can confirm it still infact does work for me. I'm still at the same amount of hotspot data i was at before. I use my tablet all the time to watch movies and other things on youtube. It hasnt gone up yet. Maybe there is something you did wrong or are not doing correctly?
yes this works but you forgot one thing
i have been doing this for 6 months now and i have used over 100 gb in tethering each month using the foxfi paid version once you have the paid version for foxfi you must download the add on name proxy then enable it and thats all it will hide your wifi tether output and tmobile will think your just using regular internet since i been doing this i have cancelled my internet service through comcast ...if anyone like i will post a pic of my stats and show how much tether i have used this month
thanks
I'm bought to try this out
there is a couple different Foxfi apps which one exactly do I need to download?
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there is a couple different Foxfi apps which one exactly do I need to download?
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There are only 2. The main app and the add on which the previous poster had said. I however quit using it and went to wifi tether router. Not as good in my opinion but it works. Something became broken for me on foxfi. Would start it up and then shut down and occasionally it would use my real tethering data. So i quit using it.
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I was just using PDANet on my friend's laptop and I got two texts from T-Mobile saying the following: "Free T-Mobile Msg: Phone Tethering & Wi-Fi Sharing access has been blocked. Please add a Phone Tethering & Wi-Fi Sharing plan available at my.t-mobile.com"
Now I ignored it until the browser sent me to a signup page. I've tried WiFi Tether, Bluetooth, and Barnacle and it blocks each one. Anyone else get this?
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using wireless tether right now... no problems...
maybe they'll end up sending me a text.
I don't have my laptop with me, so I can't test this myself. But if it's true, the Nexus One forums are about to A-SPLODE. You'll be able to hear it from space...
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I don't have my laptop with me, so I can't test this myself. But if it's true, the Nexus One forums are about to A-SPLODE. You'll be able to hear it from space...
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A-SPLODE!! Lmfao just made my day!
But yeah... if this is true then all I can do is throw the f-bomb around because I rely heavily on tethering and no way in hell am I going to pay for a service I've been using for free...
No problems with Wireless Tether on my G1...and I tether a ton. I was up to 7gb last month :/
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I was just using PDANet on my friend's laptop and I got two texts from T-Mobile saying the following: "Free T-Mobile Msg: Phone Tethering & Wi-Fi Sharing access has been blocked. Please add a Phone Tethering & Wi-Fi Sharing plan available at my.t-mobile.com"
Now I ignored it until the browser sent me to a signup page. I've tried WiFi Tether, Bluetooth, and Barnacle and it blocks each one. Anyone else get this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840423
Not just you.
That would suck. Would this apply to USB tethering as well, or just WiFi?
PDANet IS usb tethering.
:O
oh... and someone at the Vibrant forums is having the same issue... which is why I'm here.
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I am tethering from my G2 (USB tether) to post this message. It works fine, though TMO might be rolling this block out.
Edit: I am posting this via Wifi tether, so that seems to be working for me currently.
I just checked PDANet and WiFi hotspot and they both worked, so I guess they're "rolling" this out.
Makes me wonder...some of us never got the OTA rollout. I wonder if perhaps I'll never get this rollout either.
I think they can affect PDANet and Easytether since they are market apps. Wireless Tether for Android and Wired Tether for Android aren't market apps so im pretty sure those are beyond T-Mobile's grip.
Might have something to do with the G2 not being rooted and trying to tether. I think after its rooted it should work without a problem. At least thats what a tmo rep told me.
When I read all this on the xda app, i went ahead and hooked up to wifi tether. thats how i'm writing this msg. I am rooted and do have the largest plan tmo offers which includes the unlimited data. idk. we shall see. oh yea, no tmo msg as of yet.
I'm unrooted and used wifi tether this morning for 3 hours with no problems. I just don't understand how they can detect us using it.
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I'm unrooted and used wifi tether this morning for 3 hours with no problems. I just don't understand how they can detect us using it.
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There are various techniques they could use to do this; if we know exactly what they're doing, we can probably bypass it.
Probably one of the simplest techniques would be user agent sniffing; if they see desktop user agents from the same device, they'd know something funky was going on.
I'd be interested to know whether the OP can work around this situation by changing his user agent string on his desktop browser. I'd also be interested to know whether the phone browser continues to work properly even after he's been caught, and if so, whether changing the user agent string on the phone causes it to report the block message as well.
Another test for whether they're sniffing user agents is to try to make an ssl connection instead of http from the desktop browser. Assuming that the phone browser still works, SSL on the desktop browser should also still work, if all they're doing is user agent sniffing.
In an HD2 thread one guy was saying that he was downloaded a movie to his phone, but wasn't tethering when he got the text. Perhaps they're determining by the amount of data used in a specific amount of time. If that's the case it supports the theory of TMO seeing all data as data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840360
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In an HD2 thread one guy was saying that he was downloaded a movie to his phone, but wasn't tethering when he got the text. Perhaps they're determining by the amount of data used in a specific amount of time. If that's the case it supports the theory of TMO seeing all data as data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840360
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That's actually good, then. If they're using such a naive detection method, it's sure to result in a ton of false positives from people legitimately using a lot of data with their phones, and consumer complaints should result in them disabling it before too long.
If this works like any of T-Mobile's other services then they prorate the add-ons so you can add it when you need it, then cancel it when you don't and you would only pay a fraction of that $15. I do this with the hotspot feature all the time - enable it for a trip when I'll spend a lot of time in a hotel (or airports, etc.) where they offer wireless and then cancel it at the end of the trip and I pay less than a single day of wifi at a major hotel.
(disclosure - I snatched this post off the T-mobile.com forum but I was going to say the same thing!)
I need to confirm this "add it when you need it". Not good for everybody but for those of us that need tethering a few times a month it's not so bad, 50 cents for one day. Tried via the chat on T-Mobile.com to confirm this but they are useless!
When I first applied the OTA and started playing with the built in tethering, I noticed some log entries from DataConnectionTracker whenever I turned tethering on or off. When I enabled temp root with Visionary and tried using the stand alone Wireless and Wired tether for root apps, these entries did not appear.
I haven't had time to play with it much, but it might be useful to run logcat with a filter for only DataConnectionTracker activity while trying a variety of tethering techniques under root and non-root circumstances.
Of course the experience reported by the HD2 user does not line up with this theory, but there may be multiple things going on. If T-Mo really is blocking based on data volume, it will completely blow up on them as people start intentionally doing data intensive things without tethering.
I sure as hell hope they don't do this to the grandfathered plans... cause if they do, I'm gonna go on a *****-storm.
Edit: I'm tethering on the WiFi hotspot app and I didn't get any notice. Everything is as it has been since I've had this app. If not, I have Wireless Tether for Root Users. I refuse to pay $15 extra bucks a month when I paid for an unlimited plan a couple of years back.
ive been bored and needed internet so i ive been trying the old stuff you know bARNAcle wifi tether and wifi tether and i found i wifi tether that works so far its this one v3_0-pre10 this wifi tether seems to work just google wifi tether it should be one of the first results just thot id post since people have been having there plans automatically changed to the tethering plan with the method some have figured out but im using the wifi tether to make this post and you need root by the way and allowing sideloading of apps thot id post and have a nice day
edit:runon sentences and gramatical errors make life fun so thank you and have a nice day
Wow...that's one long sentence.
this is the best speeds i could get with this nothing compared to my captivate i had but you know what blame att for that one owell just trying to help out the community
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ive been bored and needed internet so i ive been trying the old stuff you know bARNAcle wifi tether and wifi tether and i found i wifi tether that works so far its this one v3_0-pre10 this wifi tether seems to work just google wifi tether it should be one of the first results just thot id post since people have been having there plans automatically changed to the tethering plan with the method some have figured out but im using the wifi tether to make this post and you need root by the way and allowing sideloading of apps thot id post and have a nice day
edit:runon sentences and gramatical errors make life fun so thank you and have a nice day
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Can anyone confirm they have had their accounts changed without their permission? And if so what plans did you originally have? I don't see how att can see the difference. When I look at my usage, it looks just like the usage as when I am browsing on my phone.
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ive been bored and needed internet so i ive been trying the old stuff you know bARNAcle wifi tether and wifi tether and i found i wifi tether that works so far its this one v3_0-pre10 this wifi tether seems to work just google wifi tether it should be one of the first results just thot id post since people have been having there plans automatically changed to the tethering plan with the method some have figured out but im using the wifi tether to make this post and you need root by the way and allowing sideloading of apps thot id post and have a nice day
edit:runon sentences and gramatical errors make life fun so thank you and have a nice day
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AT&T has changed some people's data plan automatically?
from what i understand thats when people have been trying to use the hotspot that came with the phone by changing the apn and running with it this is differint its an app that is seperate from that to my knowledge someone correct me if im wrong
Did you assume that the APN method changes the plan or did you actually see someone say that their plan was changed as a result of that method?
You seriously need to learn how to use punctuation and grammar. I had to read your last post a few times before I could clearly understand what you were trying to say.
I have been using the APN since Tuesday, very heavily, I have Unlimited Data plan. No changes to my account.
I also have been using the WIFI hotspot for hours at a time with the unlimited plan and checking my account online shows no changes to date.
"I don't see how att can see the difference."
My IP is a bit rusty but I *think* any packets (any data) that are being routed through your phone to some other final destination (a tethered computer) will show the IP address of that final destination, rather than the IP address of the phone. And the phone will be shown as a part of the route.
So...it could be as simple as examining the packets and looking for the ones that aren't targeted to end at the phone. If someone bothers to look for it.
If the tethering uses NAT (which I'd imagine it does, though I didn't verify that) you wouldn't be able to tell the difference IP-wise between the phone and the host using the computer.
If you go on-line to your ATT account and check under current data usage, you will find that under data usage it will state in the TO/FROM column "phone" with non-tethered usage and when tethered it states "wap.cingular." It looks like a pretty big marker but so far, no changes have been made to my plan.
Sure here is a similar mod that used to work for verizon - verizon quickly fixed it
http://it-john.com/home/technology/android-technology/free-tethering-for-htc-indredible-on-verizon/
Since you are using login information, they can simply check your phone info and when they see you logging in with WAP credentials yadda yadda
Anyway - mine changed twice - on 2 phones - but i viewed my account data using the myAT&T app. http://market.android.com/details?id=com.att.myWireless
Just my experience.
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If you go on-line to your ATT account and check under current data usage, you will find that under data usage it will state in the TO/FROM column "phone" with non-tethered usage and when tethered it states "wap.cingular." It looks like a pretty big marker but so far, no changes have been made to my plan.
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That's interesting. I wonder if that's something new they changed. I swear when I looked a few days ago that all my usage was shown as wap.Cingular. when I look back before I got the attic all my blackberry phone browsing was shown as wap.Cingular also.
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I just wish they'd stop charging for tethering. It doesn't make any sense to me. Yes, having your phone tethered to a laptop or the like means you could potentially use a LOT more of the bandwidth a lot faster and for a lot longer.... but if you have a limited plan, then you're only paying more for your plan a lot faster. That's the only reason i can see that they DID ditch the unlimited plans as a selectable option for people who haven't had it before. Little bit more incentive to go for a tethering plan.... to pay to use your bandwidth quicker.
Was actually just comparing all the apn's on my phone and noticed something.
the default select APN has the apn settings as "phone". So I went to the APN that we created for tethering and changed the apn setting from "wap.cingular" to "phone".
Saved the setting, checked connection, and then fired up tethering. Still seems to work as I am tethering to my laptop right now making this post. I will watch my online usage then next few days to see if it shows it as "phone" or as "wap.cingular". Pretty sure it will change to all showing "phone", so we might want to change the directions if this holds up and works.
Just something else to help hide what we are doing.
Nice find!
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I have both "phone" and "wap.cingular" data usage in my history, but I haven't done any tethering or added any APNs. Could that be because I was on Edge at the time? The APN for wap.cingular is labeled as AT&T US while the APN for phone is AT&T US HSDPA.
And just to clarify, when you are tethering using the added APN are you just using the stock mobile hotspot app?
Yes, using the stock hotspots app. I don't think you can use any market ones unless you have the phone rooted.
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I have the opportunity to buy a Sprint LG G2 but would like some input from this community about the WiFi tethering capabilities of this device. I currently have an LG OG and there are issues with the WiFi tethering on it but I also have an LG Nexus 5 that runs WiFi thethering flawlessly. Since this device is said to be similar to the Nexus 5 I was hoping the Wifi tethering worked well on it also. I use FoxFi WiFi tethering app on most of my devices. It does not work on the LG OG however. I just basically want to know which tethering app works and which one doesn't.
THANKS!!
Sprint completely blocks all tethering access. Even through foxfi and open garden etc. You have to pay for the tethering service. The mobile data is indeed truly unlimited but the catch is its LIMITED to there mobile. As far as I know there is no way around it unless you root the device your wanting to tether but I'm not even positive that will work.
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Sprint completely blocks all tethering access. Even through foxfi and open garden etc. You have to pay for the tethering service. The mobile data is indeed truly unlimited but the catch is its LIMITED to there mobile. As far as I know there is no way around it unless you root the device your wanting to tether but I'm not even positive that will work.
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Thanks for your reply but apps like FoxFi allow you to tether without being detected for tethering. You still are deducted for data usage but not tethering. I was mainly asking if tethering apps work on this device because the one I'm getting is on Boost mobile, its not 4G but their 3G is good and for the price its actually great. So, if someone with this device that is rooted would kindly install Foxfi and tell me if it allows you to tether it to your PC I would appreciate it very much....Thanks..
Right I tried it on a unrooted Sprint g2 and I couldn't find ANY workarounds at all. That's what my input was on so yea. Someone else will chime in for you your welcome.
In order to get tethering working on the G2 for Sprint you must be rooted. Instructions are in the sprint develolment forum. Tethering apps do not work. The method is to modify the stock tethering app. Its the only current method available.
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In order to get tethering working on the G2 for Sprint you must be rooted. Instructions are in the sprint develolment forum. Tethering apps do not work. The method is to modify the stock tethering app. Its the only current method available.
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I know how to root this device and understand that it needs to be rooted to use wifi tether to make it work. I had a feeling this device had the same problem as the LG OG on tethering....I have TrevE's WiFi Tether on my OG and though I can get internet connection and download regular files, for some reason I can't download torrents and I've tried every setting combination possible. I was hoping this device had the same system as the Nexus 5 and not the OG..
Its titled "native hotspot" cant post links right now. short on time. As far as torrents go all sprint has to do is block torrent sites, and ip addresses associated. If you have tethering and cant do torrents... its likely blocked on sprint's side. Btw, downloading torrents via mobile data is a bad idea and I strongly advise you dont do so for many reasons.
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Its titled "native hotspot" cant post links right now. short on time. As far as torrents go all sprint has to do is block torrent sites, and ip addresses associated. If you have tethering and cant do torrents... its likely blocked on sprint's side. Btw, downloading torrents via mobile data is a bad idea and I strongly advise you dont do so for many reasons.
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Thanks, I'll try to find the post...I've used wifi tethering on a few different Boost Service (sprint) phones with no problems what so ever....if I used FoxFi Tethering App. I can usb tether using PDAnet and it will work but most of the time I need to be able to use WiFi.
May I ask exactly what your concerns are about downloading torrents via mobile data? I've done it for a couple years now without any problems...
Update: I looked it up and it looks good except that I won't be able to update the Rom at this time...
I dont have concerns about torrents, but you should. Frankly, if you dont know why or havent researched it, Im not one to tell you. Good luck.
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Thanks, I'll try to find the post...I've used wifi tethering on a few different Boost Service (sprint) phones with no problems what so ever....if I used FoxFi Tethering App. I can usb tether using PDAnet and it will work but most of the time I need to be able to use WiFi.
May I ask exactly what your concerns are about downloading torrents via mobile data? I've done it for a couple years now without any problems...
Update: I looked it up and it looks good except that I won't be able to update the Rom at this time...
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I dont have concerns about torrents, but you should. Frankly, if you dont know why or havent researched it, Im not one to tell you. Good luck.
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Well, I appreciate all your input anyway....I just have to believe there is someone on this forum that has their device flashed to Boost that knows what I am talking about.
I do know what you are talking about. I have a G2. Ive used pdanet and alot of other tethering apps. The thread I pointed you to is the only way to tether on the G2 right now on Sprint, period. There are no other known mods or.apps for tethering on the G2. If that mod will work on Boost I have no idea and I assume there are very few that have a g2 on Boost, if anyone does.
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I do know what you are talking about. I have a G2. Ive used pdanet and alot of other tethering apps. The thread I pointed you to is the only way to tether on the G2 right now on Sprint, period. There are no other known mods or.apps for tethering on the G2. If that mod will work on Boost I have no idea and I assume there are very few that have a g2 on Boost, if anyone does.
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I didn't mean to make it sound like I was saying you didn't know what you were talking about, I apologize if it sounded as if I did. I was just hoping someone here had theirs on Boost and was familiar with how tethering worked on it. From what I can tell reading that thread and the thread on the Rom you have to have for the tethering mod, its pretty stable and the features are good too. I have been trying to figure out what to do because I have the opportunity to get a G2 or HTC One for the same price and am having a hard time making up my mind on which one will work the best for me. I prefer the G2 for its hardware but the development is better on the One. I really appreciate your help though, as I have said before....
Well T-mobile has been playing heck with my grandfathered data plan and the new phone....I could get on net on the phone but not on my laptop which was what my old Total VPN Internet was FOR......I've been looking at options..once the phone is rooted I can put in a change to make the phone use the same apn for tethering as normal but in the meantime I found I already owned easytether from amazon (normally a $9.99 app) as a free app from as recently as March 19, 2015. Their timing was excellent. It's usb or bluetooth but it will do just fine for now. Now to put the ubuntu .deb's and the windows drivers onto the phone sd card so I can install wherever needed.
I figured I'd mention this for anyone else in a similar situation.
Hi, I am wondering if you were able to tether from this phone without using the data from the tethering bucket?
In other words, Were you able to tether from it and use the data from the data bucket?
I have unlimited data with 3gb of tether. I would use the data from my unlimited data bucket to tether.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks
Were you able to create a new APN by clicking on the + sign in the "tethering and hotspot" section?
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Were you able to create a new APN by clicking on the + sign in the "tethering and hotspot" section?
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Why on earth would I create a new apn when the whole point was to use the existing one? You don't use the tethering and hotspot section at all with easytether. Everything in that section automatically adds a "tether" tag which is how they track you in the first place.
Dude, you can create a new apn with what ever apn address you would like to use specially if you have unlimited tethering.
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Well T-mobile has been playing heck with my grandfathered data plan and the new phone....I could get on net on the phone but not on my laptop which was what my old Total VPN Internet was FOR......I've been looking at options..once the phone is rooted I can put in a change to make the phone use the same apn for tethering as normal but in the meantime I found I already owned easytether from amazon (normally a $9.99 app) as a free app from as recently as March 19, 2015. Their timing was excellent. It's usb or bluetooth but it will do just fine for now. Now to put the ubuntu .deb's and the windows drivers onto the phone sd card so I can install wherever needed.
I figured I'd mention this for anyone else in a similar situation.
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Nice! Thanks for the info! I'm going to try this out tomorrow.
Looks like T-Mobile might be making some adjustments to their tethering rules for ALL of their users (prepaid/postpaid/pay-as-you-go)
Not too well versed on the topic, but it seems like a good sign
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Looks like T-Mobile might be making some adjustments to their tethering rules for ALL of their users (prepaid/postpaid/pay-as-you-go)
Not too well versed on the topic, but it seems like a good sign
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Thanks for the interesting info! I'll wait and see if this actually shows up on my old plan which has no hotspot at all...they also banned my nexus 5 from being able to be used on my old Total Internet VPN plan so perhaps that will be "fixed" as well....on the other hand I currently get unlimited 3g/h+ (wcdma) and I don't want it watered down to the throttled speeds they are showing either.
Found this method while looking at different hotspot apps in google play.. its very simple to use... launch, type in wifi hotspot name and then a password then click start and it starts youre wifi hotspot feature. I can tell it works cause im over my hotspot limit and cant turn it on anymore through settings cause its over the usage limit but when i turn it on with this app my hotspot comes right on and ive had no problem connecting any of my devices and i get instant internet/data connection for my devices on the go...
Wifi hotspot router.. no root required..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sa.wifihotspot
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Actually you cant just turn it on it settings cause ive used the data allotment i had. It does too work on boost mobile ive been using it everyday.. you didnt even try it youre just shooting ****.
Please refrain from coming into my threads shooting
a bunch of bull****.. for one my ive used all my allowed hotspot data so no it doesnt turn on in settings anymore until my next plan month. This app does work cause ive been using it... if youre not going to try it then dont come in my thread talking ****.
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Please refrain from coming into my threads shooting
a bunch of bull****.. for one my ive used all my allowed hotspot data so no it doesnt turn on in settings anymore until my next plan month. This app does work cause ive been using it... if youre not going to try it then dont come in my thread talking ****.
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As I said. This doesn't do anything. Maybe because you've rooted your device it works, but it doesn't without root. You don't know if I've tried it. Unless you've mysteriously used my device and had the sane results as I've had. This app does nothing except turn on the hotspot that's already available on the device. But a little more with root... That's it. That's all. Have a nice day.